misgender
verb
mis·gen·der
ˌmis-ˈjen-dər
misgendered; misgendering; misgenders
: to identify the gender of (a person, such as a nonbinary or transgender person) incorrectly (as by using an incorrect label or pronoun)
Multiple news outlets misgendered and misidentified Patricio Manuel after he made history this weekend by becoming the first trans boxer to win a pro match.—Nico Lang
I don't want to be misgendered or deadnamed at school, and the effectiveness of the current preferred name system demonstrates NYU's commitment to resolving issues that have affected trans students in the past.—Washington Square News: New York University
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